John 2,032 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Ewan McGreggor to Play Danny Torrance in "The Shining" Sequel "Dr. Sleep." This is going to be very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 I didn’t read the novel. I remember it getting middling to negative reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,331 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 4 hours ago, John said: Ewan McGreggor to Play Danny Torrance in "The Shining" Sequel "Dr. Sleep." This is going to be very interesting. In what way is this going to be very interesting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Interesting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 14, 2018 Author Share Posted June 14, 2018 8 hours ago, Alexcremers said: In what way is this going to be very interesting? A24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 14 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I didn’t read the novel. I remember it getting middling to negative reviews. I remember the opposite but it certainly isnt a sequel to the Kubrick film. Kubrick killed the real hero in the Shining but Dick is very much a part of Dr. Sleep. Dick is also a hero in the Novel It. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 Official first poster for Mike Flanagan’s Doctor Sleep: Trailer to drop today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jay 37,346 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 It looks good but feels wrong. Like it’s blasphemous to follow up Kubrick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted June 13, 2019 Share Posted June 13, 2019 This is going to be hilarious. I'm in! Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Share Posted June 13, 2019 I think it looks really good. Did they reshoot the scenes taken from Kubrick’s film? If so, it's an admirable recreation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Looks great to me. I love the novel, though; it's not as good as The Shining, but as its own thing it's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Wow this looks like it might be set in the same universe as The Shining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 If anyone can pull this off among the current horror directors, it's Flanagan. Been a big fan for several years now. Bryant Burnette 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Really? I thought Ouija: Origin of Evil and Before I Wake were just mediocre modern spookies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 How about not doing it at all? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 1 hour ago, The Original said: Really? I thought Ouija: Origin of Evil and Before I Wake were just mediocre modern spookies. The Haunting of Hill House was mostly fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 38 minutes ago, Fabulin said: Obi-Wan should have replied "Hello there" 2. I hear Berlioz, I like. 3. Was the mournful fanfare in Anakin's Dark Deeds inspired by this moment in Fantastique? Mind blown. More like all of that was inspired by an infamous Medieval plainchant. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,511 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 6 minutes ago, Fabulin said: why infamous? Because it's all over music history. And it's all over film music history. Pretty much every composer used this idea to convey things to do with death or judgement at some point in their career. Dude in your avatar picture also used it. Some people find it annoying and clichéd. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 14, 2019 Author Share Posted June 14, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 It's like they chose all the wrong lenses on purpose. Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 Kubrick liked his Zeiss lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 On 6/14/2019 at 10:50 AM, The Original said: Really? I thought Ouija: Origin of Evil and Before I Wake were just mediocre modern spookies. Those are pretty good, as are HUSH and GERALD'S GAME, but not my favourites of his. I prefer his excellent ABSENTIA, OCULUS and the TV series HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryant Burnette 654 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 He's not made a bad movie yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 If a director hasn't made a bad movie yet, he needs to make some mistakes to learn from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 I never understood the first movie. I think I have to read the two books instead... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted June 15, 2019 Share Posted June 15, 2019 New one looks more yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 How’d you like some ice cream, doc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I came to a realization only recently that, after watching him in movies for 20 years, I think Ewan McGregor is a poor actor, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 He's great, shut up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I keep thinking this is the Doctor Strange sequel and keep clicking on this waiting for the Giacchino announcement so I can read the usual "Ugh, hired him AGAIN!? What is this world coming to!?" booing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 9 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I came to a realization only recently that, after watching him in movies for 20 years, I think Ewan McGregor is a poor actor, actually. Really? Not a fan of Cassandra’s Dream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 5, 2019 Share Posted September 5, 2019 I like plenty of movies he’s in, but he’s never the reason. There’s something very shallow about his acting. He doesn’t inhabit his characters nor does he exude movie star charisma. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 8, 2019 Author Share Posted September 8, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Doctor Sleep...a Peter Jackson biopic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I'm not sold. This seems too formulaic and literal; probably more to King's own taste, though, than the original film (just as he preferred to the mini-series to the Kubrick film). But I'll give it the benefit of the doubt for now. In any case, I doubt they'll be able to replicate the set and surroundings as well as Spielberg did in READY PLAYER ONE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 8 minutes ago, Thor said: In any case, I doubt they'll be able to replicate the set and surroundings as well as Spielberg did in READY PLAYER ONE. How much of the set did Spielberg actually recreate vs. CGI recreation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,000 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Just now, Arpy said: How much of the set did Spielberg actually recreate vs. CGI recreation? Well...none? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 That's what I mean, I wasn't aware any of it was recreated, instead matte shots of the original with CGI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 From IMDB: Quote A significant part of the film takes place in a virtual space based on the Overlook Hotel in the film The Shining. This was mostly a digital recreation of the film using high-quality telecine of the original film, giving them some freedom of new camera angles and shots that could be generated from this recreation. The final film includes a combination of the original footage from The Shining and ILM's additional work. Only a few scenes in this sequence which involved real actors, such as the appearance of the Grady twins, required them to construct a faithful reproduction of The Shining's set for the actors to interact with. Finally, the sequence was post-processed to introduce film grain and other aging effects to make the new footage indistinguishable from the original film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 1 hour ago, Arpy said: That's what I mean, I wasn't aware any of it was recreated, instead matte shots of the original with CGI. Yes, how it was managed, is less important to me. But the absolute organic interaction with the characters left my jaw dangling on the floor when I first saw it. The sense of 'being there' was stunning. And that grain, the glorious grain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Ready Player One is another underrated modern Spielberg gem. Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,492 Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 Yes, it's a good film, and it's grown on me after repeated viewings on Netflix. It clocked in at 21st place on my list last year (out of 167). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,714 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 I read Dr Sleep when it came out and it was not good. The trailer looks equally bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 So the 4K restoration of The Shining that screened at Cannes this year will be getting a theatrical re-release on the 26th and 27th this month in select theaters. It seems to be a pretty limited release, I only found out about it when browsing the Blu-ray.com forums. But I checked and there's a screening this Thursday at my local AMC. Just thought I'd put that out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I have the 4K blu ray preordered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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